Spritz Christmas Cookies
These buttery Spritz Christmas Cookies are soft, classic pressed cookies made with simple pantry ingredients. Perfect for holiday baking, cookie exchanges, and decorating with sprinkles or chocolate drizzle.
Servings 60 servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup of softened butter
- 2 ounces softened cream cheese
- ¾ cups sifted powdered sugar Sifted
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 ⅓ cups all purpose flour sifted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large stand up mixer bowl, cream together the softened butter and softened cream cheese.
- Add the sifted powdered sugar and continue to mix until light and fluffy. (about 4-5 min.)
- Add the egg, salt, vanilla and almond extracts. Continue to mix and add the sifted flour until well incorporated. (The dough should be soft and pliable)
- Place the dough into the cookie press with the desired disk.
- Press out onto the ungreased cookie sheet and repeat until the cookie sheet is full. The cookies have very little spread when baking so you can place them close together.
Notes
Flavor Variations
● Sprinkles
● Chocolate chips
● Jam to fill some cookies (Raspberry,
Strawberry or Apricot)
● Buttercream frosting for sandwich style
cookies (colored if desired)
● Chopped nuts
● Sprinkles
● Chocolate chips
● Jam to fill some cookies (Raspberry,
Strawberry or Apricot)
● Buttercream frosting for sandwich style
cookies (colored if desired)
● Chopped nuts